A joyful mind happens….

When your mind can think well of itself, but without needing to.

When your mind can accept yourself as you are, warts and all.

When your mind can surrender to what is.

When your mind does not divide and always condemn one side or group.

When your mind can find truth on both sides.

When your mind fills in the gaps with “the benefit of the doubt” for both friend and enemy.

When your mind can critique and also detach from the critique.

When your mind can wait, listen and learn.

When your mind can live satisfied without resolution or closure.

When your mind can forgive and actually “forget.”

When your mind can admit it was wrong and change.

When your mind can stop judging and critiquing itself.

When you don’t need to complain or worry to get motivated

When you can observe your mind contracting into self-preservation or self-validation, and then laugh or weep over it.

When you can actually love with your mind.

When your mind can find God in all things.

Taken From: The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See by Richard Rohr